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Author:

Nugent, Benjamin, author.

Title:

Fraternity : stories / Benjamin Nugent.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

145 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Greek letter societies--Fiction.
College students--Fiction.
Massachusetts--Fiction.
Short stories.

Contents:

God -- Basics -- Fan fiction -- Ollie the Owl -- The treasurer -- Cassiopeia -- Hell -- Safe spaces.

Summary:

In a Massachusetts college town stands a dilapidated colonial: Delta Zeta Chi. Here, we meet Newton, the beloved chapter president; Oprah, the sensitive reader; Petey, the treasurer, loyal to a fault; Claire, the couch-surfing dropout who hopes to sell them drugs; and a girl known, for unexpected reasons, as God. Though the living room reeks of sweat and spilled beer, the brothers know that to be inside is everything. Fraternity celebrates the debauched kinship of boys and girls straddling adolescence and adulthood: the drunken antics, solemn confessions, and romantic encounters that mark their first years away from home. Beneath each episode lies the dread of exclusion. The closeted Oprah's hero worship gives way to real longing. A combat veteran offers advice on hazing. An alienated young woman searches for a sanctuary. And the shadow of assault hovers over every sexual encounter.

ISBN:

0374158606
9780374158606

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1119761002

LCCN:

2020934843

Locations:

STPC124 -- Allison Public Library (Allison)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)